Will called Lizzy a few days later to ask her if she was willing to go with him to his company's anniversary party on a Friday in two weeks. He said he would love to have her meet some of his staff. Lizzy was excited to go see his office and meet his coworkers. She also made a mental note to find something reasonably fancy to wear. She wanted to make a good impression even though she was still a little apprehensive as Will had mentioned that some of his family would be present - most importantly his aunt and uncle on his mother's side who owned some partnerships in the family's firm.

She found a silvery grey silk dress that she hadn't worn in a while to wear to the party. It fit her well around her waist and fell in pleats just above her knees. She wore a pair of purple heels and earrings that went well with the dress. Will had asked if it was OK for them to meet at his place before going to the party. She still felt anxious during the cab ride to his place. This was after all the first time she was meeting any of his family other than Georgiana. She hoped they would be civil to her and she hoped she would have the patience to bear their snootiness if at all they were anything like her first impression of Will.

As she stepped into the foyer of Will's penthouse, Will walked up to her looking extremely handsome wearing a tuxedo.

He kissed her as he said "You look drop dead gorgeous."

"You don't look so bad yourself," she replied.

He asked her if she wanted a drink. As he went to fix their drinks he thought he should warn Lizzy to expect some press coverage at the event that night.

"Will, I'm OK with the press coverage as long as you are fine being seen with me at a work event," Lizzy replied.

Will looked at her squarely in the eye and said, "Lizzy, I'm fine announcing our relationship from the rooftop of my company if you let me."

"Will, to be honest I'm slightly apprehensive of meeting your aunt and uncle tonight more than the press," Lizzy admitted.

"Lizzy," will said, "I know they can be a little standoff-ish but I don't expect them to be rude, at least not my uncle. My aunt on the other can be a loose cannon at times. But I promise you, I'll stand by you whatever the evening might throw at us." Lizzy nodded although she was still not completely convinced about meeting his family.

Will's chauffeur drove them to Will's company. The party was on the terrace. The place was beautifully set up with white couches and cabanas and lit up with string lights. It was a perfect setting for a summer night in August. Lizzy and Will went around meeting many of Will's staff and employees. Lizzy was mildly miffed to see that Caroline was at the party as a guest of one of Will's employees. She decided she would just ignore Caroline as always and not let her affect her mood that night. As Lizzy stood chatting with a bunch of people from Will's legal team, she saw Will walk over to her. He asked if she was free to come meet his aunt and uncle. He squeezed her hand and whispered "I'm with you, sweetheart," as he took her to where his aunt and uncle were standing with a few other people.

"Aunt Catherine, this is Elizabeth, my girlfriend," Will said to his aunt.

His aunt turned towards Lizzy unsmilingly and said, "Nice to meet you," in a clipped tone.

"Nice to meet you too," Lizzy said.

Will turned to his uncle and introduced him as uncle Andrew. It wasn't hard to see that his uncle was the friendlier one. His uncle smiled genuinely as he shook Lizzy's hands and asked her about what she did. He was impressed with her work at the publishing company and it seemed like uncle Andrew had also read some of her book reviews on the New York Times where she had cross-posted a few reviews from her personal blog once in awhile.

"You never told me you cross-posted on the New York Times, Lizzy!," Will said quite surprised.

"You never asked," Lizzy replied sweetly, "and it is not a big deal. It is only for their online publication and not the one in print. So it's really not a big deal," she reaffirmed modestly as Will kissed her hair gently.

"And how did you guys meet?" interjected Will's aunt.

"Oh, we met through Charles Bingley and Jane. Jane is my sister," replied Lizzy

"Oh, so that's the connection. Did you both start seeing each other after the Bingley wedding?" asked his aunt.

"Now, now Catherine, do not go about interrogating the poor kids," interrupted uncle Andrew helpfully.

Thankfully for them, dinner was announced at that moment and Lizzy and Will went to find their table. They were seated with some of Will's staff and Lizzy enjoyed both the meal and the conversation. During dinner Lizzy realized she had heard so many stories that evening from Will's coworkers about how supportive he had been - both at work and sometimes even helping them out in their personal lives. She had seen him be very supportive of his own family and friends in the past but she now realized that his employees thought very highly of him as well. Her own prejudices against him in the past seemed frivolous to her now. He really was a good man if not the best of men and she could count him as one of her best friends now. She could speak to him about anything that was on her mind and she could expect an unbiased and logical and yet sensitive conversation in return. He was there when she needed him the most, be it to lend a shoulder when she had a difficult conversation with her mother or a difficult conversation with his aunt. She remembered how he had driven 3 hours to Philadelphia to pick her up a few weeks ago. She remembered he had loaned from his private collection, many first edition books to her dad. She remembered how he always complimented her mother's cooking even when she was being her obnoxious best. She realized how supportive he was of her job and her blogging and her other interests. She realized he was kind, sensitive, generous, loyal, steadfast and had a great sense of humour to boot. In that moment she realized she was falling in love with him and falling hard. She looked up to see the object of her affections standing with a group of people and laughing happily. She felt this sudden urge to go up to him and kiss the living daylights out of him.

Will saw her walk up to him. She seemed a little flushed as she grabbed him by the arm. He excused himself from the people he was talking to, as Lizzy pulled him towards a more secluded part of the terrace.

Neither of them saw Caroline watching them as they walked away from the crowd. Caroline was in a very bad mood that evening. She had been Will's date to his office party the previous year and she had been expecting an invitation from him this year as well. Instead she had to pitifully use her connections with a friend whose friend worked at Darcy's firm to get herself into this party. She was extremely angry that this little pest called Elizabeth had usurped her position as Darcy's date. Not only that, Caroline bitterly remembered Will had hardly spent anytime with her after bringing her to the party last year but this year he seemed to be smitten by this good-for-nothing Elizabeth and spent every minute literally physically attached to her. Caroline wanted nothing more than to break the couple apart and put Elizabeth in her place. She pointed her phone's camera towards Darcy and Elizabeth as they walked away from the crowd.

"What's going on, Lizzy?" Will whispered as they stepped into a secluded corner. "Shut up and kiss me," Lizzy said as she turned around and stood on her toes to kiss him fiercely. Will wasn't exactly sure what he had done to deserve this sudden display of affection but he wasn't complaining. "Lizzy..," he moaned as she deepened the kiss pressing herself into him, "I won't be able to stop if you keep kissing me like this," he said.

Unfortunately for them, they heard someone coming towards them agitatedly. They sprang apart when they heard his aunt say, "William! Is this how you behave? What has this woman done to you? I hope you will think about your family's name and connections before doing anything stupid with the likes of her. I'm sure she is after your money," she said angrily eyeing Lizzy. Lizzy was mortified at being caught by his aunt but his aunt wasn't done with her angry tirade as she addressed Lizzy now.

"Ms. Bennett! Girls like you might think you are above any requirements of public decorum. I know your kind. You pursue liberal arts and think your free thought and independence of mind are attractive to men, while all you are trying to do is to entice rich men with your bodies. I had thought my nephew to be more discerning than this but I should warn you to not apply your charms on him. You will not get anywhere. He is not going to marry some chit of a girl because he cannot keep his hands to himself."

Lizzy was infuriated now. "Mrs. De Bourgh," she said her eyes flashing, "Sorry to burst your bubble but I have no intentions of getting married to some rich guy just because he condescended to give me the time of the day. In fact I think love and marriage are overrated. Why would I care for love or marriage when I can find enough amusement and garner more than enough attention from guys like your nephew who, by your own admission, cannot keep their hands to themselves." She laughed for added effect as she turned to walk away. Lizzy knew she was spouting opinions that were not her own just out of spite. She of course cared for love - love especially for this man who was still holding her hand tightly but she was so enraged by his aunt's baseless remarks about her character that she couldn't stop her smartass tongue from lashing out.

"Aunt!," hissed Will as he still held on to Lizzy's hand, "please stay out of my relationship with Elizabeth. It is none of your business," as Lizzy dragged him out of there.

Catherine De Bourgh openly cursed as her nephew publicly put her down without any consideration to their family's standing. She swore to do everything in her power to stop her nephew from doing something stupid with that impudent girl. She did not know just then that she would find a willing ally in Caroline. As Caroline watched this animosity unfold, she knew this was her time to strike. She approached Catherine De Bourgh and introduced herself as Charles Bingley's sister. Catherine De Bourgh knew about the Bingley family and knew they were money'd enough but not in the same league as the Darcy-Fitzwilliam-DeBourgh family. Caroline went on to sympathise with Catherine's predicament. She said she was appalled by people having no respect for class and traditional values anymore. She narrated how she had tried to do the right thing with Darcy but Darcy had spurned her because he seemed to have eyes only for this Bennet girl off-late. Caroline asked if Catherine would be willing to meet her for tea someday so she could explain a plan that she had in mind to break up Darcy and Elizabeth. They exchanged phone numbers and parted after agreeing to meet soon.

As Will and Lizzy walked away from the scene, Will thought Lizzy would be infuriated by his aunt's words but he was shocked to see Lizzy laughing somewhat loudly as he dragged her away.

"Who is this woman and which century does she live in!" she laughed.

"Lizzy, my aunt is old fashioned and has this notion that I should only associate with and marry someone so we can expand the family's businesses. I sincerely apologise on her behalf. Like I said before my family has its share of crazies who happen to think money is more important than love," he said.

"Umm, Will, I don't really care what your aunt thinks about love as long as you don't think the same," Lizzy whispered seriously.

"Sweetheart," said Will, "Trust me. I only care about what you and I think about love. I do not care about what my aunt or anyone else thinks for that matter. They all can go to hell for all I care," Will said, leaving her gaping after him as he went to talk to some people who had been waiting to talk to him.

Lizzy could feel the flush on her face. Her realization earlier that she was in love with him and all this talk about love from Will had left her feeling extremely flustered. How had they come to be talking about love of all things and that too at his office party in the midst of all this craziness! Did he mean to say he loved her with his last statement? Her heart raced as she watched him chatting with his team. He turned to look at her at that exact moment and gave her a heart-stopping smile. Lizzy decided no one had any business looking at her like that and ruffling her heart so. On an impulse she decided she wanted to make him feel exactly how he made her feel. She started to form a plan in her head to seduce Will Darcy that night.

She walked upto him and whispered huskily into his ears so that only he could hear, "Will, do you have your phone with you?"

Will looked at her quizzically as he said "Umm, yes."

"Make sure to check your messages in 20 minutes," she whispered as she walked away from him with an exaggerated swaying of her hips.

Will had half a mind to go after her but he knew it would be odd to follow her like a puppy when his team was watching him.

Lizzy walked downstairs quickly. She wanted to get to the library that Will had in his building. She knew he had converted the whole of the 5th floor into an expansive library. As she went down to the 5th floor she hoped that it would still be open at this hour and more importantly she hoped she wouldn't find anyone in there. She was determined to make his fantasy of having her in the library come true today. She found the door to the library and gently turned the knob. She almost broke into a little jig when she found it was open. She walked in and quickly shut the door. The library was lit up in a soft warm light that was perfect for what she had in mind. She found an aisle at the back with massive floor to ceiling book shelves. She felt extremely sexy and hot just thinking about what she was going to do. She slowly stripped the grey silk dress off her and took her slip off as well. She ruffled her hair a bit to look sexy. She now stood in just her purple lacy bra and panties and purple heels. She leaned her back on a shelf that made her breasts jutt out a bit, she held the book case with one hand as she held her phone with the other and took a picture of herself leaning so. She looked smoking hot even if she were to say so herself. She quickly sent the picture to Will with a caption "Mr. Darcy, you and me in your library?"

Will was still on the terrace and becoming impatient. What was she up-to? As he excused himself from the group he was talking to, he saw a message popup on his phone from her. He tapped his phone to open the message and tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for the message to open. What he saw next nearly made him yelp loudly. There she was standing sultrily against the bookcase in his library. "This woman, will be the death of me, but what a way to go!" he thought to himself as he half walked, half ran down the stairs. He walked into the library and softly closed the door making doubly sure to lock it. He walked to the aisle at the back and drew in his breath as he saw her by the book shelves. She saw him at the same moment and their eyes locked. They could not look away even if they tried. Will walked upto her with his left hand in his pant pocket as he slowly grazed her cheekbones with his right.

Lizzy suddenly felt suddenly sheepish about her own behavior. She turned away from him unable to meet his eye and faced the books on the shelf now. She could feel him come behind her as he drew a sharp breath.

"Do you know how sexy you are?" he said, "The things you do to me.." he said unable to stop himself.

He slowly pulled her back into his chest as he kissed her neck. Lizzy thought she would burst into flames.

"Will," she whispered, "I feel like I didn't think this through. Someone might walk in on us," she said.

"I locked the door," he said as his hands fondled her breasts and his lips kissed her spine. She arched into him as his fingers found the band of her panties and pushed them down. She gasped as he parted her legs and pushed his fingers into her folds. She was dripping wet already in anticipation. She was still standing with her back to him. She moved her hands behind her to touch him but he was still fully clothed. She groaned in frustration and tried to turn around in his arms so she she could undress him. But he would not let her.

"This is my fantasy, Lizzy," he whispered.

Usually she was not one to lose control to a man in the bedroom or in the library for that matter but there was nothing she could do right now. With Will, all her self imposed rules flew out the window. Her moans got louder as his fingers explored her folds like only he could. He pinched her nipple with one hand as she teetered on the edge and exploded into a mind-blowing orgasm.

She couldn't control her emotions any longer for this beautiful, wonderful man. She turned around to grasp his face and kiss him everywhere. She undressed him frantically and continued to kiss him. Will was already losing his mind. Seeing her raging orgasm usually did him in. Now she went down on all fours in front of him as she slyly turned toward him and smiled. Will had no doubts as to what she wanted him to do. He positioned himself behind her and pushed himself into her in one stroke.

"Lizzy, I can't control myself any longer," he breathed.

"I don't want you to control yourself," she whispered as she wiggled her bottom.

As she heard him shudder her muscles clenched repeatedly around him as they both reached a glorious release together.

When she woke up a few hours later, she saw she had been comfortably sleeping on a couch in the library with a warm blanket around her. She smiled thinking he must have moved them sometime in the night. She turned around to see where he was but couldn't find him anywhere. She panicked as she tried to find her phone. She saw there was a message from him on her phone. She was worried if something had gone wrong and he had to leave. She opened the message with shaking hands to see a picture of him. She gaped as she saw the picture he had sent her. He had sent her a picture of himself sitting in what seemed to be his office. He was sitting on his large high-backed chair behind what looked like a fine oak desk. He had taken off the jacket of his tuxedo but still wore his white shirt which was unbuttoned down the front. His bow tie was untied and hung loosely around his neck. He held what looked like a glass of scotch in his one hand as he looked broodingly into the camera. The caption to the picture said,

"Sweetheart, you and me in my office?"

"Pervert," she thought but she had to admit she was extremely aroused just looking at the picture. She dressed as quickly she could, back into her grey silk dress. She held her heels in her hands as she all but ran to take the elevator to the 20th floor. Thankfully she remembered him saying his office was on the 20th floor, so she knew where to go. She tiptoed out of the elevator and knocked on the door to his office softly.

"Come," said his voice from inside.

She opened the door and stepped inside. He was still sitting on his chair like in the picture he had sent her and looking sexy as hell. He grinned at her as she walked up to him. She straddled his lap as if she owned him and pulled his face to her and kissed him like there was no tomorrow. His hands grabbed her bottom as he said "Up." He lifted her easily off his lap and deposited her on the desk in front of him. He spread her legs and positioned her feet on the arms of his chair as he scooted his chair forward. Much to her embarrassment, she was spread open to him and his face was correctly positioned at the level of her hips in this position. He grinned wickedly as he pushed her dress up and saw she hadn't had the time to wear her panties. "I see you got here in a rush. Lie back," he said as she obediently did as she was told. She couldn't have done much else anyway. She was aroused beyond herself and she ached to feel his lips on her so very badly. He took his time to fondle her and lick her as she moaned and gasped and finally screamed his name. Just as she was recovering from her climax he told her to stand up again as he led her to the huge floor to ceiling window. "Will," Lizzy whimpered. She wasn't sure she could do it again for one and two she was worried about how transparent the window was. "Lizzy, the window is tinted, no one will see you from the outside," Will whispered as he lifted her hair out of the way and kissed her neck. Her back was facing his chest as she put her palms on the window to brace herself. It was amazingly sexy to see them both highly aroused in the reflection of the window. He pushed her dress up to her waist as he caressed her bottom. He bent down to bite her deliciously round bottom as she squirmed and pressed her body to the window. He pushed her dress even higher and pulled it off her completely. Now she was standing fully naked with her front pressed to the window. "Beautiful," Will growled, "watch yourself, Lizzy," he said as he proceeded to spread her folds so she could see herself in the window. It was extremely arousing as he pushed his fingers into her. "Are you watching yourself?" he asked her. She mutely nodded as he took his fingers out of her and put them into his mouth and licked them greedily. He turned her around abruptly to face him and kissed her hard. "Will," she whimpered as he bent down and brought one of her breasts into his mouth. His fingers dragged slowly to her folds and expertly found her clitoris again. As his fingers rubbed her, his teeth bit her nipples lightly. She couldn't care less if she was standing with her butt naked at a window. The coolness of the window on her back and the warmth of his body before her sent her over the edge. She had lost count of the number of times he had made her come but all she knew was she wanted more. He grasped her bottom to lift her as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He plunged into her deeply as she grabbed and bit his shoulder and raked her hands through his hair. He plundered her body but was still not spent. He turned her around so her front was facing the window again as she steadied herself by placing her palms on the window. He spread her legs even more as she leaned her body forward. He dropped to his knees behind her. Her swollen clit was beautifully open and available to him again. He licked every drop of her dripping clit as she screamed loudly. "Please Will, I need you." His tongue licked her just as his fingers probed her as her body arched and reached another roaring climax.

It seemed like the two of them could not have enough of each other that night. She turned around and pushed him to lie flat on his back on the floor as she straddled him. She took his engorged member into her mouth as he held himself up on his elbows to watch her. He loved watching what she did to his body. He couldn't control himself any longer as she sucked and swallowed and sucked and swallowed alternatingly. He pulled her to him roughly as if his breath depended on her and kissed her. She pushed his shoulders to make him lie back again. It was clear she wanted to be in control as she slipped herself around his member in one stroke. She rode him majestically, rising and lowering herself into him again and again. He grabbed her bottom as they both rose and met at a wondrous peak before they swooped down together as their worlds merged and shattered into a million stars.